PRESS RELEASES

Tamer El-Raghy Appointed as Managing Director, Acumen Capital Partners

NEW YORK, NY, December 2018 – Bridge Partners is excited to share the appointment of Tamer El-Raghy as Managing Director at Acumen Capital Partners.

Acumen ( www.acumen.org) is changing the way the world tackles poverty by investing patient capital in businesses whose products and services are enabling the poor to transform their lives.

Tamer will lead a $50m Agriculture-focused fund that intends to reach over 10M people by 2030 with products & services that improve smallholder productivity, income, and climate resilience at scale.

He joins Acumen Capital Partners from responsAbility Investments AG, where he was Head of Private Equity Africa, Agriculture & Food. Previously he had a lengthy career at Cargill including roles as General Manager, Africa, Cargill Animal Feed, and Business Development Lead, Middle East and Africa, Cargill Grain & Oil Seeds.

Tamer holds a Master in Business Administration from New York University, a PhD from Drexel University’s Department of Materials Engineering, and Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Cairo University’s Department of Metallurgical Engineering.

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• Bridge Partners (www.bridgepartnersllc.com) is a retained executive search firm with unique expertise in attracting and retaining senior, diverse executives and over 15 years of experience executing global leadership searches.

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